LuvToFly 0 #26 December 3, 2007 We have SO much better stories than golfers though - especially if you tell 'em: "I fell out of a plane and reached around towards my butt only to find I had a monkey-fist and almost bounced trying to get it unsnagged." Thought provoking... Far outweighs any story with the word "putter" in it "The helicopter approaches closer than any other to fulfillment of mankind's ancient dreams of a magic carpet" - Igor Sikorsky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erroll 49 #27 December 4, 2007 Quote Far outweighs any story with the word "putter" in it Unless of course you are Trevor Immelman and just won $1.4 million at Sun City (South Africa) with your putter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JPWoerner 0 #28 December 4, 2007 Quote All you have to do is find a girl the doesn't mind you working all week with the sole intention of being gone all weekend, coming back ~ broke, drunk and smelling like a goat. ...Not always easy to find, unless of course you can lick your eyebrows too! Hit it on the nose! Guess that's why I haven't had a girlfriend for the 3 years I've been in the sport(that and I can't afford one anymore b/c all my $$$ goes into jumping) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brettski74 0 #29 December 4, 2007 Quote Quote Far outweighs any story with the word "putter" in it [Smile] Unless of course you are Trevor Immelman and just won $1.4 million at Sun City (South Africa) with your putter.[Cool] Whoah! That's a lot of jump tickets! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mamajumps 0 #30 December 4, 2007 I was married for 10 years ( going thru a divorce now) he started jumping 5 years into our marriage, I started at 6 years into it. I like to say that we split up due to A.I.D.S (air induced divorce syndrome) but in reality, skydiving has very little reason behind our failed marriage. Sure after he became an instructor he spent weeks at a time at the DZ w/o coming home, but our marriage was already history at that point. I think it is like anything else, it is something fun that people can have in common. Its not something that can make or break a relationship and if it does, there were issues already. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airathanas 0 #31 December 4, 2007 I met my current boyfriend in the jump plane on the ride to altitude.It's been over a year and we're still crazy about each other! I don't think I could date a whuffo. http://3ringnecklace.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheCapt 7 #32 December 4, 2007 Careful with your comments; some of us actually have goats. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrismgtis 0 #33 December 4, 2007 When I met my girlfriend I told her that I was a skydiver and that it was important to me. I basically let her know that she wouldn't get in the way. In the end it didn't work too well, because she loved to bring it up and use it against me and tell me that skydiving was more important than her. What I basically had to say to her is "Duh, I told you the day that I met you". Then again, she was a pill popper for years and addicted to prescribed hydrocodone which she abused. When I would say that I shouldn't have to quit doing something that I love, she would say that neither should she and that popping pills and skydiving are no different. Oh, contrare my friend. She is off the pills now and she is pregnant, but in the end she got kicked out of my place for using skydiving against me one too many times. Now I think she knows a little better where she stands. Even though she still doesn't seem to grasp the idea that she knew what I was into when she met me and I should never have to quit for her or anyone else. Which I will not. Dating a whuffo is not a problem if you get the right one. I've been with my current girlfriend for about 5 months. I dated girls before her who had absolutely no problem with it and never said a negative word once. Quote Careful with your comments; some of us actually have goats. My name is uh Borat. How much? Rodriguez Brother #1614, Muff Brother #4033 Jumped: Twin Otter, Cessna 182, CASA, Helicopter, Caravan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #34 December 4, 2007 QuoteCareful with your comments; some of us actually have goats. MENTAL BLEACH!!!“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karenmeal 0 #35 December 5, 2007 Quote Sure there are some women out there who will be intrigued if they find out you're a skydiver. There are others who couldn't give a shit. If you wander around talking to people about like you think it makes you special or different or better, you'll just come off like you're up yourself, and nobody likes that. Then there are skydiving chicks who won't even date non-skydivers. Heck, I'm not even sure I would date a belly-flyer! Freefly all the way. Doing it horizontal style is for the ground.-Karen "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMax 0 #36 December 5, 2007 Quote Heck, I'm not even sure I would date a belly-flyer! LOL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brettski74 0 #37 December 5, 2007 QuoteThen there are skydiving chicks who won't even date non-skydivers. Yes - but statistics there are currently very much in your favour. I'm not saying there aren't cool skydiver girls out there - there definitely are, but the average mal skydiver has at least as good a chance of finding a "ready-made" skydiver girlfriend as he has of making one by turning a whuffo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
